Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-06
18th Congress--Second Session.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.


 SKNArE.-various reports from the Secretary of War were submitted after which MT. mitchell, of Pennsyivana, reported bill graEting pension of of $2OU0 year to Mrs. Logan and asked that It De considered at once. Under objection of MT Coke, Of s, the bill went T until a t6 of filing claims under the Alabama award; referred State commerce e bii %as called up. Mr Piatt said that with one exception he favored the conference commerce was st vast an compiicated one In 1885 437,O 0,000 tons of freight had been moved by the under the interstate commerce definition: that 19000 900 in receipts came from transporting this to two points: :1--Whether the Senate would adopt the short and long haul clause; ,. s.Whether it consider the first clause wise original proposi ton. He did not considerit an improvement. The That principle was that the question of what reasonable charge on freight to or from station charged fer freight to from another station. He thought the conference report clause as to the shorter distance being included within the longer) was uncertain and ambiguous As to the pooling clause in the conference bill he believed in his in Patt quoted from the report of the bureau of stats apportonment of the traffic between roads engaged in competitive traffic. He challenged anybody to 9 noo traffic t WAS anything else than the mainte nance of stable rates.
 At four o'clock Mr Piatt had not concluded his speech and the Senate, motion of MT. Harris, proceeded to the consideration of executive busi- ness and fifteen minutes later adjourned
 HoUsE-After the call of committees MT. David son, of Florida, on behalf of the Committee on Railways and Canals, called up the bill for the per manent improvement of the Erie and Oswego ca nals and to secure the freedom of the same United States commerce. and the House went into Com mittee of the Whole MT. Crisp presiding. The bill appr oprates S5, 100000 of 29 per cent bonds from the national treasury for the completion of specific improvements and after the State shall have pledged itself that the canals shall be free to the commerce of the United States.
 After remarks by MT. Weber, of New York, an elaborate report from the committee was read and having thus consumed the committee rose.
 of the Philadelphia board of trade against the Dunn free ship bill; referred.
 The House then went into committee on the h. dian appropriation bill, Mr. McMillan, of Tennessee, in the cuair. The bin was read by paragraphs and without opposition passed. It appropriated S5.- 115 600.
 The House then took up and within quarter of hour passed the military academy bill.
 The Speaker laid before tn e House communica- ton dated Washington, Dec. 31, 1886, which read follows:
 hereby respectfully resign my office repre- sentative in the Forty ninth Congress from the fifth congressional district of North Carolina to take ef feet from date.
 Respectfully,
 JAMES W. REID. The communication was laid on the table and the House th-n, or, motion of Mir. Herbert of Califor- nia went into Committee of the Whole, on the bill for the consolidation Of certain bureaus of the Navy department The majority and minority reports read and at the conclusion thereof the House, without action, at 450 D. m. adjourned